theDJR
September 1, 2025, 1:21pm
22
Losing your FF and your FB to injury wasn’t a good omen…
IN: G. Azzopardi, G. Brooker, M. Heymanson, M. Ibrahim, S. Orritt
OUT: C. Bernardi (quad), M. Robinson (wrist), S. Johnston, M. Klaumanns-Moller, M. O’Connell (omitted)
NEW: Grace Brooker, 25, 173cm, New Zealand rugby; Molly Heymanson, 21, 180cm, Park Orchards
This is Brooker’s first ever game of footy: she gets three disposals.
Grass at Swan Street is wet.
As Blitzers who have played here would be aware, the wings are too wide.
Wind is zero-to-gusty but not always to the south (right) wing.
View is shithouse, including from the top of eastern/soccer-side “hill”.
Our room is hundreds of metres away.
Brooker starts forward.
Amelie Peck is the entirety of that score at quarter time. As with the Casey game when we have the wind our defenders play from behind, and that is a death sentence.
We start the next quarter into the wind better…
Thompson fumbles the side-kick intercept, and that is a 12 point turnaround.
■■■■.
7-38, should have been an easy 13-32
Clearance. Orritt mark
Prince mark.
GOAL!!!
32-39
PLUMMER!
We’re still in it.
39-47
6.5 minutes to go.
And that’s the final score, as Radford limps away with her new lack-of-an-ACL.
